HETEROMERA, MALACODERMATA, ETC. 



105 



Manua : Tan, 25.ii.1926 (Judd). 

 Niue, 6.viii.l918 (Kellers). 



Commonly known as the " Copra-beetle," and carried everywhere by 

 shipping ; frequently occurs also among old bones, hides, etc., and as a predator 

 amongst various articles of commerce, including cereals. 



Family : RHIPICERID AE . 

 57. Callirhipis femorata Waterhouse (Text-fig. 12). 



Trans. Ent. Soc. Lord., p. 386, 1877 ; Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (6), i, p. 271, 1881. 

 1 C. samoensis Pic, Melanges exot.-ent. fasc. 33, p. 20, 1921. 



Samoa (Coll. Whitmee, type). 



Upolu : Apia, i., ii., v., vi.-ix. 

 1924 ; Malololelei, 22.iv.1925. 



Tutuila: Fagatoga, 29.iii.1926 

 (Judd), and xii.1918 (Kellers). 



Nassau Is. 



Appears to be practically con- 

 fined to Samoa, whence it has been 

 received in almost every collection 

 sent in. Pic's type was a of 

 which sex I have only two specimens 

 before me, as compared with 20 ; 

 but in the brief description there is 

 nothing to show that it is distinct 

 from C. femorata W., though pro- Text-fig. 12.— Callirhipis femorata Waterhouse. 

 bably not fully mature. 



From outside the Samoa Group, I have seen only a single from Nassau 

 Is., in the Union Group (Buxton and Hopkins). 



